Mukhles M. Al-ababneh

Focus groups

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Journal title : The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development

Publisher : SAGE Publications, Inc.

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A focus group is an investigative tool for social research based on a structured and focused discussion with a small group of people, run by a facilitator (moderator) to generate qualitative data through a set of open-ended questions. The focus group technique is a qualitative research methodology popularly used in social research in a wide range of sectors. A researcher uses a set of open-ended questions on a specific topic to generate qualitative data. The focus group is an efficient way of gathering data about particular opinions or attitudes by covering a large number of people in the same group. This entry explores the methodology and processes of focus groups as well as the analysis of data from focus group research.

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n331

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